Reconstruction in Georgia 2023

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14th amendment

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to give citizenship to former slaves

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what did the 15th amendment allow

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black males now have the right to vote

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The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was known as

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Reconstruction

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This group helped newly freed slaves by creating schools and helping them learn to read and write

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Freedmen's Bureau

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The members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:

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were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.

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Who favored harsher punishment on the Reconstruction plans? Options: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Congress (Radical Republicans)

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Congress (Radical Republicans)

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The 14th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.

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Made former slaves citizens & granted equal protection under the law

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What are Black Codes?

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Laws during reconstruction designed to limit freedom of newly freed slaves.

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Why were black legislators removed from the Georgia General Assembly?

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It was said that the Georgia constitution denied blacks the right to hold political office, and that the legislators were "non citizens".

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_________________________ is where farmers owned their own animals and equipment, but had to borrow land from a landowner.

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Tenant Farming